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IP: The Day After
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:01:28 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Marvin Weinberger <Marvin () innovationfactory com> Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:57:22 To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: The Day After I'm struck by how unprepared the Indians and Pakistanis for the reality of nuclear war. It will be too late for them (and the rest of the world) if the first time they really come to an understanding of the horrors is after millions have been incinerated. We perhaps take for granted how a generation of Americans (and Soviet citizens) were drilled and prepared for the meaning of a nuclear exchange. Which is perhaps a crucial reason that the Cold War remained just that. The world doesn't have time for the Pakistanis and Indians to grasp the seriousness of the situation (in fact, I've not seen any reports that the civil authorities have even begun planning for a response to an attack - apparently, the 'leaders' lack the courage to point out the scary details to a population caught up in war-hysteria. Anyway (and I know this is a reach and far, far from perfect) perhaps ABC could be convinced to rush out an appropriately dubbed version of The Day After (as shown on network television in 1983). Surely, amongst the humanitarians who subscribe to IP (perhaps a thoughtful member of the Silicon Valley Indian community) there would be an underwriter to arrange for this movie to be shown on national television in both Pakistan and India. I pray that this helps. For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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